CATF 2020 Report: a Year of Global Impact | 2 SECTION 01 Introduction

2020: A Year of Global Impact Table of Contents 01 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... 3 02 OVERVIEW ........................................................................................ 7 03 OUR WORK & FOCUS ......................................................................13 Energy Systems Modeling .................................................................14 Policy Advocacy ................................................................................ 17 Power Plants ......................................................................................21 Super Pollutants ............................................................................... 24 Carbon Capture and Storage ........................................................... 28 Advanced Nuclear Energy ................................................................31 Bioenergy ......................................................................................... 35 Zero-Carbon Fuels ........................................................................... 37 Advanced Energy Technology .......................................................... 39 04 AT A GLANCE ................................................................................. 43 Fundraising .......................................................................................44 Endorsements and Partners ............................................................. 45 CATF in the News ............................................................................46 Board of Directors ............................................................................ 47 CATF Experts ................................................................................... 48 CATF 2020 Report: A Year of Global Impact | 2 SECTION 01 Introduction CATF 2020 Report: A Year of Global Impact | 3 01 – INTRODUCTION Letter from Armond Success Prepares Us for the Challenges of the Next Twenty-Five Years In 1996, Clean Air Task Force was by spurring international markets at the same time it doubles in size— a band of seven staffers formed to to create low-cost hydrogen; is a huge lift that will take decades. achieve a specific goal: reducing controlling natural gas emissions from The new political alignment in carbon emissions from United States production sites across the globe— Washington will help, but we don’t power plants. We did this by pushing from Texas to Russia to the Mideast; take anything for granted. We need new federal air quality regulations pushing the new Biden Administration durable policies that will withstand that would cut power plant air to better regulate fossil-fuel power inevitable political cycles—and then pollution and carbon. At the time, our plants and methane sources in the there is the rest of the world, much of methods and scope were traditional. oil and gas industry; pressing to it energy starved and 80% dependent We created and funded ground convert global marine shipping from on fossil fuel. campaigns in 20 key states, built diesel to carbon- free ammonia; a formidable litigation machine, demonstrating and deploying Our progress has been achieved in and commissioned bookshelves of advanced carbon capture for heavy collaboration and with the support of analyses from some of the nation’s industry and electricity generation; thousands of colleagues in the US and leading universities and research and commercializing advanced around the world, as well as major consultancies. And we worked to put nuclear power and fusion. investment from committed funders in place regulations that are saving and donors who recognize that big tens of thousands of lives, while But in many ways, CATF’s DNA is change can’t happen overnight. helping to retire a third of the nation’s the same as when we started. coal plants. We define climate and air pollution To manage our planet’s climate, problems at their root cause. we must effectively eliminate Nearly 25 years on, CATF has become We look for the biggest levers greenhouse emissions. Climate an international organization of 40 of change. We stay grounded in models suggest that we have, at experts with offices in the US and facts. We look for realistic, scalable most, three decades to do so— Europe, and activities in Canada, solutions. We build coalitions not about the same number of years China, the Mid-East and North just with like-minded advocates but since CATF’s founding. Africa, Sub Saharan Africa, and Latin also explore cooperative pathways America as well as other countries with industries that are willing That’s not impossible. But it will take and regions. We collaborate with a to change. We are not afraid to everything we’ve got today, and more. wide range of global think tanks and challenge conventional wisdom CATF looks forward to keeping you researchers, as well as governments, about technologies or policies. informed on the journey to zero. technology companies, and investors. And we are relentless. Our scope now extends to nearly everything related to climate and We know that reshaping the $25 energy. Some of our key initiatives: trillion global energy system to Armond Cohen displacing carbon-emitting fuels eliminate carbon and methane— Executive Director CATF 2020 Report: A Year of Global Impact | 4 01 – INTRODUCTION Our Global Footprint Clean Air Task Force works across the globe, focusing on regions and countries in which we can most effectively promote critical path advances in technologies, programs, and policies that address climate destabilization, as well as on areas that pose the greatest threat to climate stability. In 2020, CATF’s work and partnerships spanned across every continent and show that our focused efforts, unique approach, and expanded network of experts can lead to a broader impact in the quest for sustainable solutions. CATF Areas of Focus CATF Staff and Experts CATF 2020 Report: A Year of Global Impact | 5 01 – INTRODUCTION I’ve worked for over 40 years in all facets of the energy industry—in all sectors: for profit, non-profit and as a government official, as well as in all sorts of roles: CEO, board member, management consultant, and exploration geologist. In all my work I have come to appreciate that getting the facts, understanding their implications and appreciating what has and has not worked makes all the difference in achieving great outcomes. CATF is and has been an unparalleled font of facts, insights and understanding about our global energy and climate challenges. I am honored to serve along with my board colleagues in CATF’s important work—especially now, when our progress for creating a better global energy and climate future has never been more crucial for ourselves and the generations to come. Phil Giudice CATF Board of Directors CATF 2020 Report: A Year of Global Impact | 6 SECTION 02 Overview CATF 2020 Report: A Year of Global Impact | 7 02 – OVERVIEW The Push and Pull of Climate Transformation... CATF works at the frontier of change—the event horizon, if you will—crafting strategies that advance the boundaries of what is possible. And we move quickly—there is no time to spare. One of our strengths is that CATF puts into practice an important insight: given the need to cut projected worldwide greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by mid-century to protect our climate, we must push into the commercial marketplace innovative technologies capable of achieving a zero-carbon future. At the same time, we must pull hard right now on all available regulatory policies and instruments. Only then can we hope to arrive at our destination. This is the essential push and pull that will maneuver into place a long-term, deep-rooted, and successful climate policy. CATF 2020 Report: A Year of Global Impact | 8 Where We Push Where We Pull • Advanced Nuclear Energy: CATF aims to make • Zero Emissions for the Power Sector: nuclear energy a viable option for decarbonizing CATF works to ensure the adoption of federal the global energy system at needed scale and speed. emission standards on all US fossil power plants that We catalyze private sector and government activity will, through legislation and regulation, zero out power to lower the cost and deployment timeline of both sector carbon emissions by 2050. A major focus here advanced fission energy and, potentially, is our groundbreaking work on federal and state commercial fusion. Clean Energy Standards, which we’ve added to our traditional administrative advocacy and high-impact • Decarbonized Fossil Energy: CATF’s efforts here litigation aimed at achieving enduring climate benefits. focus on carbon capture and storage, the process of collecting waste CO2 from power plants, refineries, • Federal and State Climate Policy: The main focus factories, and even directly from the air—then here is to push states and, ultimately, the federal injecting it deep into the earth for safe, permanent government to adopt coherent, far-reaching, and sequestration. We are developing and advocating for effective climate policies. These include federal policies that will make carbon capture globally cost economy-wide and sector-specific policies (such competitive, particularly in the massive coal-fired as a Clean Energy Standard for the power sector or infrastructure of India, China, and Southeast Asia. a Zero-Carbon Fuel Standard for transportation), federal clean energy technology incentives (tax and • Zero-Carbon Fuels: Recognizing that a large direct subsidies), as well as broadened state efforts segment of world

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